Establishes commercial sod products pesticide information requirements for all purchasers; defines terms; specifies such information and establishes penalties.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6610
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 10, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Agriculture
AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to estab-
lishing commercial sod products pesticide information requirements
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new
2 article 11-B to read as follows:
3 ARTICLE 11-B
4 COMMERCIAL SOD PRODUCTS PESTICIDE INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS
5 Section 151-p. Definitions.
6 151-q. Purpose.
7 151-r. Commercial sod products pesticide information require-
8 ments.
9 151-s. Penalties.
10 § 151-p. Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following
11 definitions shall apply:
12 1. "Commercial sod products" shall mean surface earth containing grass
13 and its matted roots, otherwise called turf, which is offered for whole-
14 sale or retail sale.
15 2. "Pesticides" shall have the same meaning as is ascribed to such
16 term by subdivision thirty-five of section 33-0101 of the environmental
17 conservation law.
18 § 151-q. Purpose. The purpose of this article is to ensure that
19 purchasers of commercial sod products receive information regarding
20 pesticides which have been applied to such products.
21 § 151-r. Commercial sod products pesticide information requirements.
22 1. Every person who grows commercial sod products shall be required to
23 provide information on all pesticides which were applied to the soil in
24 which commercial sod products were grown or which were applied to the
25 commercial sod products directly, to all purchasers of such products.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 2. Every person who sells commercial sod products or who installs
2 commercial sod products shall be required to provide information on all
3 pesticides which were applied to the soil in which commercial sod
4 products were grown or which were applied to the commercial sod products
5 directly, as provided by the grower on a form approved by the department
6 which is consistent with the pesticide use requirements of the depart-
7 ment of environmental conservation, to all purchasers of such products
8 or services.
9 3. The information required to be provided pursuant to this section
10 shall include the following:
11 a. the pesticide product name and the chemical name of each pesticide
12 product applied;
13 b. the toxicity category of each pesticide product applied; and
14 c. any label warnings relating to contact by humans and animals, and
15 any list of relevant environmental hazard warnings for each pesticide.
16 § 151-s. Penalties. Any person who fails to provide the information
17 required in this article shall be subject to the penalties contained in
18 section thirty-nine of this chapter.
19 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
20 have become a law.